John 4:3
he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
4He had to pass through Samaria,
Cross References
Mark 3:7Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the Sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
John 2:11This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
John 11:54In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighbourhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
Matthew Henry on John 4:2-4
Christ's Journey into Galilee. 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. We read of Christ's coming into Judea ( ch. iii. 22 ), after he had kept the feast at Jerusalem; and now he left Judea four months before harvest, as is said here ( v. 35 ); so that it is computed that he staid in Judea about six months, to build upon the foundation… Read the whole commentary →